Lost Angel
List Price: $5.50
Valerie Vincent is a single-mother, doing the best she can. While working in Long Island as a companion to a wealthy blind woman who's confined to a wheelchair, Valerie sees her 18-month-old daughter's face on the news. The police, referring to the child as "Baby Jane Doe," found the child at the home of the babysitter, a close family-friend of Valerie, who was brutally murdered. When Valerie arrives at the police station to claim her child, she learns that her daughter was released to another woman who claimed to be the child's mother. The search is on. Valerie suspects that her ex-in-laws, Martha and Lucas Starr, may have something to do with her daughter's kidnapping. The Starrs are wacko - members of an organization called D.A.S.H. (Deliverance And Safe Haven). They think Valerie is some kind of devil-worshiper. The mission of D.A.S.H. is to "rescue" children who are being subject to abuse and satanic rituals by adults. Valerie sets out to risk her life for her child and infiltrates the group known as D.A.S.H. to find her daughter. Only the truth is more shocking than she had imagined.
Beautifully written
All I need to see on a novel is the name Marilyn Wallace, and my hand reaches out for the book to buy it. Suspense novels are a dime a dozen, but beautifully written ones are rare and to be savored. Her early detective novels are also excellent, and unusual for the high quality of the writing. I highly recommend all of her work.
thrilling and informative and wonderful!
This book would have knocked my socks off regardless, it was so suspenseful and well-written. But it was also so informative. The mother of a kidnapped child has been writing a thesis on the era of witchcraft trials, and this adds great richness and to the fast-paced plot. Wallace really captures emotions and setting. Her writing is pitch-perfect. I cannot recommend this one highly enough!
Chilling Suspense With Characters We Care About
Lost Angel grabs you from the first sentence; "She's not going to escape here either." It's an engrossing read from beginning to end. Marilyn Wallace is wonderful at giving that cold feeling of dread, about what faces people who could be us. The thing that makes this book so special is that the author has taken a horrifying premise--the abduction of a child--and added not one but two twists to it
Nobody behaves believably in this wouldbe chiller
Lost Angel's horrifying premise - the abduction of a young child - is quickly diluted by characters who react irrationally to one implausible situation after another. For a real frison of fear, readers might want to pass up Wallace for Minnette Walters in whose hands even the most enigmatic characters and bizarre events reveal a psychological truth that can chill to the bone.
List Price: $5.50
Description
Valerie Vincent entrusts her toddler, Joanna, to the care of an old family friend, until the fateful day that her caregiver is slain and her child is kidnapped from the police department, beginning Valerie's harrowing odyssey to reclaim her precious daughter. Reprint. PW. K.Customer Reviews
Lost "Structure"Valerie Vincent is a single-mother, doing the best she can. While working in Long Island as a companion to a wealthy blind woman who's confined to a wheelchair, Valerie sees her 18-month-old daughter's face on the news. The police, referring to the child as "Baby Jane Doe," found the child at the home of the babysitter, a close family-friend of Valerie, who was brutally murdered. When Valerie arrives at the police station to claim her child, she learns that her daughter was released to another woman who claimed to be the child's mother. The search is on. Valerie suspects that her ex-in-laws, Martha and Lucas Starr, may have something to do with her daughter's kidnapping. The Starrs are wacko - members of an organization called D.A.S.H. (Deliverance And Safe Haven). They think Valerie is some kind of devil-worshiper. The mission of D.A.S.H. is to "rescue" children who are being subject to abuse and satanic rituals by adults. Valerie sets out to risk her life for her child and infiltrates the group known as D.A.S.H. to find her daughter. Only the truth is more shocking than she had imagined.
While the premise of this book was good, the writing style left me frustrated and impatient. It took a lot of patience for me to recall what I'd read if I went too fast. The vocabulary and sentence structure just didn't flow smoothly enough for me. Other than that, not a bad story.
Beautifully written
All I need to see on a novel is the name Marilyn Wallace, and my hand reaches out for the book to buy it. Suspense novels are a dime a dozen, but beautifully written ones are rare and to be savored. Her early detective novels are also excellent, and unusual for the high quality of the writing. I highly recommend all of her work.
thrilling and informative and wonderful!
This book would have knocked my socks off regardless, it was so suspenseful and well-written. But it was also so informative. The mother of a kidnapped child has been writing a thesis on the era of witchcraft trials, and this adds great richness and to the fast-paced plot. Wallace really captures emotions and setting. Her writing is pitch-perfect. I cannot recommend this one highly enough!
Chilling Suspense With Characters We Care About
Lost Angel grabs you from the first sentence; "She's not going to escape here either." It's an engrossing read from beginning to end. Marilyn Wallace is wonderful at giving that cold feeling of dread, about what faces people who could be us. The thing that makes this book so special is that the author has taken a horrifying premise--the abduction of a child--and added not one but two twists to it
Nobody behaves believably in this wouldbe chiller
Lost Angel's horrifying premise - the abduction of a young child - is quickly diluted by characters who react irrationally to one implausible situation after another. For a real frison of fear, readers might want to pass up Wallace for Minnette Walters in whose hands even the most enigmatic characters and bizarre events reveal a psychological truth that can chill to the bone.
Northeast Arkansas Town CrierBuffalo Island Veteran's Memorial Park moving forwardCommittee members are David Wallace, chairman; Scott Adams, co-chairman; Myrna Adams, secretary; Marilyn Looney, treasurer; Wes Wagner, attorney; Stan Whitlow, CPA; Karen Wallace, Joe Hultquist and Mandy McFall. Scott Adams said all of the members are